Little boy has miracle escape after getting trapped in escalator

Little boy has miracle escape after getting trapped in escalator

A YOUNG boy made a lucky escape as shoppers rushed to rescue him when he became stuck in a moving escalator.

Published 26th October 2015

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CLOSE CALL: The boy got his left foot trapped in the escalator

Reports said the four-year-old and his father were travelling down the through the shopping centre, when the boy's left foot became trapped in a gap.

With the trapped boy quickly approaching the bottom of the escalator, his father called for nearby shopkeepers to stop the device while he tried to pull his son free.

“The concern around the devices began this summer after a woman lost her life in a widely-reported incident when she fell through an unfastened panel at the top of a mall escalator.”

A shop assistant who heard the dad's cries for help rushed to press the emergency stop button to bring the escalator to a halt, while more than 10 shopping centre employees arrived to help pull the boy free.

After he was pulled free, the boy was sent to hospital in the city of Shenzhen, China, where doctors said he was lucky to only have escaped with a fractured big toe.